{"id":58643,"date":"2026-05-11T09:32:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T09:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/design7.nuvodev.com\/client\/lions\/?page_id=58643"},"modified":"2026-05-13T09:02:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T09:02:38","slug":"editor-message-march-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/design7.nuvodev.com\/client\/lions\/editor-message-march-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Editor Message March"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"58643\" class=\"elementor elementor-58643\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-df00a69 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"df00a69\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4262533\" data-id=\"4262533\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab9428b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ab9428b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"497\" height=\"497\" src=\"https:\/\/design7.nuvodev.com\/client\/lions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mathanagopal-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-34649\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/design7.nuvodev.com\/client\/lions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mathanagopal-1.jpg 497w, https:\/\/design7.nuvodev.com\/client\/lions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mathanagopal-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/design7.nuvodev.com\/client\/lions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mathanagopal-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/design7.nuvodev.com\/client\/lions\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mathanagopal-1-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7fb78ab\" data-id=\"7fb78ab\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a8724c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8a8724c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Editorial Note<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8ff8c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a8ff8c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Dear Fellow Lions,<\/strong><\/p><p>Seventy years ago, two clubs. Today, there are approximately 10,000 clubs, serving communities across the country and the world. That arc, from a room in Bombay in 1956 to where we stand today, is the story we tell in this issue&#8217;s Cover Feature. But numbers, however impressive, only tell part of it.<\/p><p>What struck me most in putting this feature together was how personal Lionism in India remains \u2014 how it has always been carried forward by individuals who chose, without obligation, to make service a habit. From Noshir Pundole, who built the administrative foundations of a movement, to the Lions today who wear the lapel pin as both a statement of purpose and a mark of belonging \u2014 the thread is unbroken.<\/p><p>This issue is a celebration. It is also a reminder of how much further there is to go.<\/p><p><strong>Ramakrishnan Mathanagopal<\/strong><br \/>Editor, Lion (India) Magazine<br \/>Past International Director, LCI<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editorial Note Dear Fellow Lions, Seventy years ago, two clubs. Today, there are approximately 10,000 clubs, serving communities across the country and the world. 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